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Health Defects Found in Fish Exposed to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Posted on May 14, 2013Crude oil toxicity continued to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species for at least more than a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico -
Deepwater Disaster Three Years On
Posted on May 3, 2013Just three years ago, the DeepWater Horizon oil spill gushed 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. -
Tests Indicate Decline in Coastal Marsh Insects Traced to BP Oil Spill
Posted on April 29, 2013Preliminary results from field work and lab tests indicate two oil components -- naphthalene and methylnaphthlane -- are at least partly responsible for declines in insect populations in coastal marshes affected by the 2010 BP oil spill -
BP’s Oiled Animals: Where Are They Now?
Posted on April 16, 2013Three years after the worst oil spill in American history, the Gulf of Mexico is shifting from acute aftermath to the uncharted waters of long-term rehab. -
LSU Researchers Study the Impact of Oil Spill on Seaside Sparrows
Posted on March 28, 2013When the Deepwater Horizon disaster leaked an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, many researchers feared that coastal ecosystems would never be the same. -
‘Dirty Blizzard’ May Account For Missing Deepwater Horizon Oil
Posted on March 15, 2013Oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill acted as a catalyst for plankton and other surface materials to clump together and fall to the sea floor in a massive sedimentation event that researchers are calling a “dirty blizzard.” -
Deep Sea Domination
Posted on March 5, 2013Random items scatter the outdoor swimming pool at Santa Rosa Christian School, including a garbage can, hula hoop, rings and fish pictures. -
Dr. Rita Colwell: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative/Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference
Posted on February 7, 2013Jocelyn Lockwood talks to Dr. Colwell about the latest scientific results concerning all aspects of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem following the BP oil spill. -
Dirty Blizzard Buried Deepwater Horizon Oil
Posted on January 28, 2013Missing oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill may have ended up at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 spewed more than 600 million litres of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. -
National Academy of Sciences to Run Environmental Program from BP Settlement
Posted on January 21, 2013On 15 November, the US government and BP Exploration and Production Inc reached a settlement that requires the company to pay $4 billion in penalties for the 20 April 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
